David Cummings MD and David Flum MD receive an NIH R01 grant

David E. Cummings, MD, an Associate Professor in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition and investigator at the Diabetes & Obesity Center of Excellence, and David Flum, MD, a Professor in the Department of Surgery, were awarded a five year, 2.2 million dollar NIH grant for their proposal entitled “Mechanisms of Glycemic Improvement Following GI Surgery.” The goal of this project is to elucidate the mechanisms mediating diabetes resolution following gastrointestinal surgery.

About UW DI

The UW Diabetes Institute (DI), located at the South Lake Union research campus at the University of Washington, seeks to advance understanding of the causes and consequences of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, and to identify new approaches to their treatment.